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Characters of grey morals, it seems, are those that Richard likes best. “Everyone is so convinced that [Thorin] is who they think he is, and it’s my job to unwrap him a little bit and say ‘you’re right, he is all of those things, but this is why he’s all of those things’.”

'He laughs.  "No they're not, they're in love with [Mr. Thornton], aren't they? No, it's him, it's not me. It's nice, I guess, but it's funny because I never saw the character in that way. He dresses like an undertaker, and there's a certain amount of suppression in that character, but he's not obviously a romantic figure."'